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From: Donald Chesnut <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Ashkenazim or Sephardim: tribal identity?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:01:34 -0500
References: <5.0.0.25.2.20071130122049.01327e90@mail.insightbb.com>
In-Reply-To: <009c01c833ac$e7eba230$6501a8c0@Richard>


At 06:58 PM 11/30/2007 -0500, you wrote:

>Asher was one of the "Lost Tribes" of Israel deported by the Assyrians in
>the 8th century BC and subsequently lost to history.
>
>The tribes that remained in the southern kingdom of Judah and were not
>overwhelmed and deported by the Assyrians were Judah, Benjamin and Simeon.
>The tribe of Levi was an hereditary caste of priests. It also survived in
>Judah.
>
>The "Lost Tribes" were Reuben, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher,
>Ephraim, East Manasseh, and West Manasseh.
>
>Rich

Rich,
To where would they have been deported? ...to what is now Iraq and Syria?
It is not likely then, that any members of the Tribe of Asher would have
retained their identity for 2,700-2,800 years. I must look to other origins
for the surname Asher.
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Don

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